Series I: Organizational Records
1973-2010
Scope and Contents
This series include documents related to the history of Madrona Marsh; proposals, studies, and reports related to the development
of Madrona Marsh; grant deeds; meeting minutes; notes; and other related documents. A majority of the reports are related
to Park Del Amo development agreements; plans and proposals for the Madrona Marsh Nature Center; as well as other documents
related to construction projects, maintenance, and management of Madrona Marsh.
box 1, folder 1
Madrona Marsh- background and history
1977-1995, 2009, undated
box 1, folder 2
State of California non-profit status filing; memorandum
1989, 1991
box 1, folder 3-5
"Wildlife Park" proposal by the City of Torrance, California (four copies)
1973
box 1, folder 6-9
"Madrona Marsh Wildlife Habitat Study" City of Torrance, California
September 1976
Scope and Contents
Includes flyers, copy of "The Madrona Marsh: A Local Treasure" (essay) by Kelly Boyd, and other loose documents.
box 1, folder 10
"Environmental Resources Element" comprehensive general plan/City of Torrance Planning Department
October 1973
box 1, folder 11
"Environmental Impact Report for Sepulveda-Crenshaw Development". Prepared by the Planning Department- Environmental Division
City of Torrance (Draft); comments regarding report
April 1974; April 1981
box 1, folder 12
Environmental Review Board- notices of meeting; agenda
September 1981
box 1, folder 13
"Effects of the Solution of the Drainage Problem on the Madrona Fresh Water Marsh and the Wildlife Park" (draft)
December 17, 1973
box 1, folder 14
Memorandums regarding Madrona Marsh Wildlife Habitat Study; Environmental Assessment
1974, 1976
box 1, folder 15
"The Conservation of Natural Areas in the Context of Urban Development. Case Study: Madrona Marsh" by Eliza Howe Earle
June 1975
box 1, folder 16
"Summary of Federal Intervention"
1979-1980
box 1, folder 17
H.R. 6142 "Madrona Marsh National Wildlife Refuge Act"
December 14, 1979
box 1, folder 18
"Application for 1974 State Grant Funds Madrona Marsh Project"
1974
box 1, folder 19
"Grant Application for Environmental Protection Program 1981-82, Madrona Marsh Acquisition"
September 1980
box 1, folder 20
"Chronological Listing of Actions in the Effort to Acquire Madrona Marsh"
March 1981
box 1, folder 21-22
Final Environmental Impact Report, Park Del Amo (one complete and one incomplete copy), Prepared for City of Torrance; Appendix
N: Comments Received and Responses to Comments;
January 1982
box 1, folder 23, box 2, folder 1-2
"Discussion Paper on Madrona Marsh, City of Torrance" (four copies)
August 1981
box 2, folder 3
Madrona Marsh Wetlands Awareness Research Committee
1981
box 2, folder 4
"Official Government Maps of Park Del Amo Project Site"
circa October 1981
box 2, folder 5
Lawsuit- Friends of Madrona Marsh vs. City of Torrance
April 1982
box 2, folder 6
Memorandum of Understanding
June 7, 1983
box 2, folder 7
"Comments on Park Del Amo Tentative Tract Conditions, Staff Report"; "Development Standards" Richards, Watson, Dreyfuss and
Gershon
July 20 1983; August 22, 1983
box 2, folder 8
Park Del Amo Development Agreements
1983
box 2, folder 9
Santa Fe Land Improvement Company Property Park Del Amo Development Project, Appraisal Report
December 29, 1983
box 2, folder 10
"Environmental Findings: Park Del Amo" city of Torrance
circa 1983
box 2, folder 11
Litigation documents- appeal process for ERB determination; grant of conservation easement; quitclaim deed; infrastructure
improvement agreement; and others
1983-1986
box 2, folder 13
documents related to planning and designing for Madrona Marsh Nature Preserve
1984-1988
box 2, folder 14
Development Agreement- Park Del Amo; Declaration of Covenants, Conditions and Restrictions (Watts Home Inc.); Agreements (City
of Torrance, Santa Fe Land Improvement Company, Torrance Investment Company, Watts Home Inc., etc.)
1983-1986
box 2, folder 15
Park Del Amo Development Agreement Review Report, Environmental Findings; Comments on Development Agreement, Assessment District,
and Open Space Offer; Development Agreement Survey
1979, 1981, 1983; undated
box 2, folder 16
Purchase and Sale Agreement and Escrow Instructions; Option Agreement
December 1985; April 1986
box 2, folder 17
Settlement Agreement and Escrow Instructions
May 1985, June 1986
box 2, folder 18-19
Settlement Agreements
1985-1986
box 2, folder 20
"Notice of Exercise of Section 404 Jurisdiction", Department of the Army; "A Resolution of the City Council of the City of
Torrance Establishing Interim rules and Regulations for Madrona Marsh Nature Preserve"
November 1986
box 2, folder 21
Resolution for interim rules and regulations for Madrona Marsh
1986
box 2, folder 22
Ordinance No. 3182- establishing the Madrona Marsh district and establishing certain procedures for considering the use, sale,
lease, or rental of all or any portions thereof
January 6, 1987
box 2, folder 23
Documents related to maintenance services
1987, 2000, 2016
box 2, folder 24
Kiosk Agreement
April 1988
box 2, folder 25
Park Rehabilitation and Open Space Preservation Report, prepared by the Parks and Recreation Department City of Torrance
May 1989
box 2, folder 34
Landscape plan, activity boards plan
circa 1989
box 2, folder 26
Management of the Lowland (report)
October 24, 1990
box 2, folder 27
Nature Center survey results
circa May 1991
box 2, folder 28
Madrona Marsh Interpretive Center [draft], prepared by Sasaki Associates
September-October 1991; February 1992
box 2, folder 29
Notice of Determination- EAS 91-0501 City of Torrance for habitat restoration/enhancement program of Madrona Marsh
January-February 1992
box 2, folder 30
Madrona Marsh Restoration Plan 1992-93 Season
circa 1992
box 2, folder 31
City of Torrance, Bid No. B93-13, construction of public parking lot at Madrona Marsh
March 1993
box 2, folder 32
Madrona Marsh Nature Center- master plan, proposal for needs assessment, memorandums, notes, recommendations for construction,
strategic planning meeting documents
1993-1999
box 2, folder 33
Madrona Marsh Nature Park Preserve Phase II, Construction Specifications, City of Torrance
circa early 1990s?
box 3, folder 1
Madrona Marsh Preserve Interpretive Planning Focus Workshop- memorandums; summary of results; overview
August-September 1993
box 3, folder 2
Madrona Marsh Interpretive Master Plan and Natural History Center Interpretive Exhibit Plan- proposed scope of work; memorandum
November 1993
box 3, folder 3
Madrona Marsh Natural History Center- functions and room analysis; request for proposal for architectural services
circa 1993; December 1994
box 3, folder 4
documents related to perimeter landscaping
1994-1997
box 3, folder 5
Madrona Marsh Natural History Center- proposals, memorandums, consultant agreement, and other documents
1994
box 3, folder 6
Madrona Marsh draft business plan (pages missing)
circa 1994
box 3, folder 7-8
Madrona Marsh Interpretive Master Plan and Interpretive Exhibit Plan (working draft) and other related documents
1995
box 3, folder 9
"Recommendations to accept the final report from the building committee for the natural history center at the Madrona Marsh"
(draft)
March 7, 1995
box 3, folder 10
Madrona Marsh Land Management Plan
1995
box 3, folder 11-12
"Madrona Marsh Preserve Natural History Center: A Comprehensive Business Plan" written for Friends of Madrona Marsh by R.L.
Cornwall (final report) (three copies)
1995
box 3, folder 13
Madrona Marsh Preserve Habitat Enhancement, Summary of Specifications
circa 1995
box 3, folder 14
City of Torrance Bid No. B96-01 to furnish all necessary labor and material for Madrona Marsh Preserve habitat enhancement
January 1996
box 3, folder 15
Opinion and comments on Mardrona Marsh management plan; Madrona Marsh Preserve Natural Resource Management Plan (draft)
1996
box 3, folder 16
documents regarding park bench construction
1996
box 3, folder 17
Madrona Marsh Operating Plan; Request for Proposal
May, August 1997
box 4, folder 1
Madrona Marsh Interim Cooperative Agreement proposed by Friends of Madrona Marsh
1997-1998
box 4, folder 2
Natural History Center- draft plan; overview
circa 1997
box 4, folder 3
Madrona Marsh Nature Center- strategic planning meeting programming
June 10, 1998
box 4, folder 4
Madrona Marsh Nature Center planning documents- notes; renderings; construction
circa 1999-2000
box 4, folder 5
Madrona Marsh Preserve Natural Resource Management Plan with notes and corrections; budget memorandum
January, April 1999
box 4, folder 6
Madrona Marsh Preserve Management Plan- Duck Island
December 1998
box 4, folder 7
position descriptions for Madrona Marsh Nature Center; work schedules
1994-2000
box 4, folder 8
Madrona Marsh Nature Center proposal to provide exhibit services; exhibit program
March, November 1999
box 4, folder 9
Milestones in the stewardship of Madrona Marsh; floor plans
circa 1990s
box 4, folder 10
documents related to water management; water profiles; storm water control guidelines for Madrona Marsh
circa 1990s
box 4, folder 11
"Preliminary Building Program for the Proposed Natural History Center at Madrona Marsh for the City of Torrance" (drafts)
circa 1990s
box 4, folder 12
"Proposal for Agreement with city of Torrance" (draft)
circa 1990s
box 4, folder 13
"Madrona Marsh Preserve Habitat Restoration/Enhancement Program Clarification of Proposed Projects"
circa 1990s
box 4, folder 14
Madrona Marsh Nature Center- Exhibit Design Questions and Answers
circa 1990s-2000s
box 4, folder 15
Nature Center construction meeting notes; "Madrona Marsh preliminary research outline"
January, February 9, 2000
box 4, folder 16
Madrona Marsh Nature Center, Status Report
April 2000
box 4, folder 17
Proposal to establish a native specimen garden at the Madrona Marsh Natural History Center
April 28, 2000; June 15, 2000
box 26
Madrona Marsh- graphic design submittal phases I and II
June-July 2000
box 4, folder 18
Madrona Marsh- Design Development (second draft text)
July 7, 2000
box 4, folder 19
Madrona Marsh gift shop proposal
circa 2000
box 4, folder 20
Madrona Marsh Preserve- Natural Resource Management Plan
circa 2000
box 4, folder 21
Madrona Marsh Nature Center- lab safety guidelines
December 2001
box 4, folder 22
Aerial photograph review of drill site 60, Telluris Inc. (two copies)
August 29, 2002
box 5, folder 1-6
Madrona Marsh Preserve and Nature Center- management plan. Prepared by Tracy E. Drake (three copies)
March 2005; May 2008
box 5, folder 7
proposals for courtyard and classroom construction; Bryant, Palmer, Soto, Inc.
May 12, 2010
box 5, folder 8
Madrona Marsh Restoration and Enhancement Project, Santa Monica Bay Restoration grant Program Phase I Pre-Proposal
undated
Series II: City of Torrance
1973-2000; undated
Scope and Contents
This series contains material generated by the City of Torrance and is organized into two sub-series. Sub-Series A: Correspondence,
Memorandums, Inter-Office Communication contains mostly memorandums and inter-office communication as well as some correspondence
regarding the Park Del Amo project, settlement agreements, proposals for the Madrona Marsh site, site enhancements, the Natural
History Center project, budget, funding, construction, activities reports, and other related topics. Subseries B: Meeting
Agendas and Minutes; Reports contains city council meeting minutes and agendas; budget summaries; resolutions; meeting minutes
for the Natural History Center Building committee; and material generated by the Parks and Recreation department.
Sub-Series A: Correspondence, Memorandums, Inter-Office Communication
1973-2000
Scope and Contents
This sub-series contains correspondence, memorandums, and inter-office communication regarding the Park Del Amo project, proposal
regarding Madrona Marsh, settlement agreements, development, improvements, activities reports, clean-up, budgets, and other
related topics.
box 5, folder 9
Correspondence- General plans for preserving Madrona Marsh; Madrona Marsh water management; Friends of Madrona Marsh, land
survey, Santa Fe Energy Co., and other topics
1973-1979
box 5, folder 10
Correspondence- Surveys, preservation, developments
1980
box 5, folder 11
Correspondence- operation of proposed Madrona Marsh wildlife park, developments, oil spill, claim of jurisdiction, Park Del
Amo/Torrance Investment Company, and other topics
1981
box 5, folder 12
Correspondence- Park Del Amo project, traffic, Torrance Investment Company project
1982
box 5, folder 13
Correspondence- Park Del Amo project, STOP initiative, preservation of land
1983
box 5, folder 14
Correspondence- Torrance Investment Company, Madrona Marsh dedication and sale, grant deeds, settlement agreement
1984
box 5, folder 15
Correspondence- Deeds, proposed settlement agreement, Park Del Amo development agreement, disputes
1985
box 5, folder 16
Correspondence- Development, design, construction, funding
1987-1989
box 5, folder 17
Correspondence- settlement agreement, planning for site
1986
box 5, folder 18
Correspondence- Clean-up, Chevron lot, proposal for development for wildlife interpretive center
1990
box 6, folder 1
Correspondence- Activities reports, construction, events
1991
box 6, folder 2
Correspondence- Improvements, updates, activities reports
1992
box 6, folder 3
Correspondence- Plans for Natural History Center, triangle improvements, enhancements, Earth Day activities, updates, clean-up,
activities reports
1993
box 6, folder 4
Correspondence- Updates, landscape plan, oil pipe removal, clean-up, activities reports
1994
box 6, folder 5
Correspondence- Clean-up, triangle, Madrona Marsh Interpretive Plan, preservation, oil pipe removal, updates, parking lot,
maintenance, activities reports, and other topics
1994-1995
box 6, folder 6
Correspondence- Improvements, updates, clean-up, needs assessment, restoration, budget, and other topics
1995
box 7, folder 1
Correspondence- Construction, Natural History Center project, Natural Resource Management Plan, sump pump, contracts, proposals,
and other topics
1996-1998
box 7, folder 2
Correspondence- Naturalist job responsibilities, approved programs, budget, events, Nature Center manager, and other topics
1999-2000
Sub-Series B: Meeting Agendas and Minutes; Reports
1985-2000; undated
Scope and Contents
This sub-series contains council meeting minutes and agendas; Natural History Center Building Committee meeting minutes; budget
summaries; resolutions; and documents related to the Parks and Recreation department.
box 7, folder 3
"Economic and Fiscal Analysis of Downtown Redevelopment Opportunities" Prepared for City of Torrance Redevelopment Agency
October 1980
box 7, folder 4
Council meeting minutes
1985-1988; 1990
box 7, folder 5
Hearing of the City Council, Reporter's Partial Transcript of Proceedings
June 27, 1986
box 7, folder 6
Agendas; meeting minutes
1992-1999
box 7, folder 7
Natural History Center Building Committee- meeting minutes
1995
box 7, folder 8
Budget summaries, resolutions, reductions, proposals, strategic plan summary
1995-1999; undated
box 7, folder 9-10
Parks and Recreation Department- commission agendas, meeting minutes, organization chart, expenditure discussion paper, tree
planting procedure, and other related documents
1986-2000; undated
Series III: Financial Records
1989-2007
Scope and Contents
This series contains purchase orders, bank statements, receipts, invoices, financial statements, and tax documents. For more
financial statements regarding the Friends of Madrona Marsh see Series IV: Friends of Madrona Marsh.
box 8, folder 1
Purchase orders
1993-1995
box 8, folder 2
Financial Statements
1991-1995
box 8, folder 3
Course financial statements
1995, 1997-1998
box 8
Bank statements, financial statements, receipts, invoices
1996-1998
box 9, folder 1-15
Bank statements, financial statements, receipts, invoices, vouchers
1999-2003
box 9, folder 17
tax exempt status record
1989
box 9, folder 18-22, box 10, folder 1-2
Income tax documents
2000-2007
box 10, folder 3-10
bank statements, accounting, invoices, income tax documents
2004-2006
Series IV: Friends of Madrona Marsh
1970s-2012
1980-2000
Scope and Contents
This series contains by-laws, meeting minutes; newsletters; memorandums; event program and flyers; press releases; financial
statements; material related to fundraisers and auctions; day planners; survey responses; and other documents related to the
Friends of Madrona Marsh. Also included are documents related to the Save Madrona Marsh campaign which includes mostly correspondence
regarding AB 2133 sent to Governor Brown in support of preserving Madrona Marsh. For more financial statements see Series
III: Financial Records.
box 10, folder 11
By-Laws; articles of incorporation; statement of goals, objectives, and policies; memorandum of understanding; mission; history
1970s-2000s
box 10, folder 12
"Report to the Environmental Review Board"
April 1, 1981
box 10, folder 13-29
Board of Directors- meeting minutes, agendas, memorandums, financial statements
1980-2006
box 10, folder 30
Directories- board of directors; planning committee; membership lists
1993-2001
box 10, folder 31, box 11, folder 1
Press Releases
1980s-1990s
box 11, folder 2
Artist Reception and Art Auction
2009
box 11, folder 3
Moonlight Magic for Madrona Marsh
2010-2012
box 11, folder 5
fundraiser financial reports
2010-2015
box 11, folder 6, box 26
event programs and flyers; welcome sign
1991-1997; 2000
box 11, folder 8-12
"Marsh Mailing" (newsletters)
1980-2009
box 11, folder 13
monthly calendars
2011-2012
box 11, folder 14
material related to slide shows
February 1985; January 1990
box 11, folder 15
Earth Day grant and events- flyers, press release, correspondence
1993, 2000, 2001
box 11, folder 16
monthly pesticide reports
1993-1997
box 11, folder 17
traffic signal and street improvements; bus parking
1998-1999
box 11, folder 19
notes, order forms, flyers, and other documents
1985, 1998, undated
box 12, folder 1
Survey responses for Madrona Marsh Nature Center
1991
box 12, folder 2
"State of the Marsh" [pamphlet]
August 1998
box 12, folder 3
thank you notes; memorandums; holiday greeting newsletter
1990-2000
box 12, folder 4, box 13, folder 1
day planners
1996, 1997, 1999, 2010
box 12, folder 5-11, box 13, folder 1
day planners belonging to Bob Carr
2002-2008
box 13, folder 2-4
correspondence mostly to Governor Brown, signatures, and clippings regarding AB 2133 to preserve Madrona Marsh
1973-1976
box 13, folder 5
Save Madrona Marsh- flyers, brochures
1974, 1980
box 26
Save Our Sumps- poster board with photographs
undated
Series V: Programming, Events, and Education
1981-2005; undated
Scope and Contents
This series contains flyers, programs, reports, and guides related to programming, events, and education within or affiliated
with the Madrona Marsh preserve. Included are documents related to field trips, fall and school walks, visitors guides, a
Girl Scouts tree planting event and "Meet Mother Nature" program, Eagle Scouts projects, docent training, and other related
material.
box 14, folder 1-3
Flyers for workshops, events, and programs
circa 1990s
box 14, folder 4
Programs- Madrona Marsh transfer ceremony; Madrona Marsh day celebration
1984, 1986
box 14, folder 5
Wetlands Preservation Event- budget, maps, equipment inventory
1990
box 14, folder 6
T-Shirt design contest flyers
1995
box 14, folder 7
Kiosk Bulletin Board- flyers, articles, pamphlets, Torrance sign ordinance, and other documents
circa 1980s-1990s
box 14, folder 8
School walks- map, self-guided tour, trail manual, notes
circa 1986
box 14, folder 9
activities reports; sign-in sheets
1988-2000
box 14, folder 10
"Notice of Intent to Enter Madrona Marsh Preserve" forms; marsh walks attendance
1988-1989
box 14, folder 11
fall walk scripts
undated
box 14, folder 12
"Visitors Guide to the Preserve and Nature Center"
undated
box 14, folder 13
documents related to field trips- LA County school trip program manual; self-guide trail manual 2nd and 3rd grade
circa 1990s?
box 15, folder 1
educational packet proposal
August 1989
box 15, folder 2, box 24, folder 1
curriculum guides, coloring books, activity books, nature notebooks, discovery book
1981, 1999; undated
box 15, folder 3
"Teacher's Guide for Hands-on Water Activities" Developed by Gilbert C. Yee for the California Department of Water Resources
undated
box 15, folder 4
Girl Scouts tree planting event- memorandum, notes, clippings
January 1988
box 15, folder 5
Eagle Scouts community service/conservation project
1988-2002
box 15, folder 6
Girls Scouts "Meet Mother Nature" patch program
November 1990
box 15, folder 7-8
Junior Naturalist Program field journals
2004-2005
box 15, folder 9-10
"Week in Review", Tracy Drake, Manager/Naturalist
2002-2003
box 15, folder 11
Urban Forestry Grant Program- memorandum; notes
1991
box 15, folder 12
project proposals- Stayin' Alive- Marsh Watch; Upland Restoration; removal of fill; Mobil Pegasus Awards
1993-2001; undated
box 16, folder 2-4
material related to docent training
1987, 1989, 1990, 1992; circa 2000s
box 16, folder 5
docent training- reference material regarding birds
1988-1990
Series VI: Wildlife
1995-2009; undated
Scope and Contents
This series contains material related to wildlife that can be found within Madrona Marsh and includes documents regarding
birds, butterflies, insects, plants, and trees as well as a report about fairy shrimp and animal care information.
box 16, folder 6
birds at Madrona Marsh
1995-2002
box 16, folder 7
butterflies at Madrona Marsh
1995-2005
box 16, folder 8
wildlife at Madrona Marsh. Includes documents regarding insects, mammals, and plants
1976-2000
box 17, folder 1-2
plant exhibit; photocopies of plant pictures
2002; undated
box 26
"Honey Bees" and "Mosquitoes" exhibit, and class (photographs on poster board)
August, September 2005
box 17, folder 4
"Madrona Marsh Preserve's Fabulous 40 Plants, Shrubs, Trees, and Grasses"
2005
box 17, folder 5
Animal care information
2009
box 17, folder 6-9
Series VII: Clippings- Madrona Marsh
1973, 1980s-2000; undated
Scope and Contents
This series contains clippings and articles regarding Madrona Marsh. A majority of the clippings from the 1980s contain information
about the proposed development of condominiums and the efforts to preserve and save the land. Other clippings contain information
regarding events, programs, wildlife, classes, and other related topics. For other clippings and articles not related to Madrona
Marsh see Series X: Reference Materials.
Series VIII: Photographs, Slides, and Negatives
1923, 1949, 1969-2017; undated
Scope and Contents
This series contains photographs, slides, negatives, artwork, and postcards mostly of images of Madrona Marsh, as well as
images taken on field trips to other nature preserves and centers. A majority of the images are of wildlife, plants, flowers,
construction, maintenance, classes, events, clean-up and restoration projects, Eagle Scouts projects, school groups, and tours.
box 28-29
Shirley Turner Photographs
1983-1998
Scope and Contents
These boxes contain images of birds, Madrona Marsh, construction, the sump pump, insects, tours, school groups, committment
day, sunsets, bird watchers, pipe installation, clean-up projects, 10th Anniversary gathering, the Nature Center, classes,
events, vernal pool, Eagle Scouts projects, and other related images.
box 30-31
General Photographs
2000-2005
Scope and Contents
These boxes contain images of Madrona Marsh, canoeing, flowers, animal tracks, insects, Chevron corner clean-up, channel storm,
Eagle Scout projects, sump maintenance, nature center construction, trash removal, clean-up projects, planting, habitat restoration,
science fair, Earth Day, award ceremonies, and other related images.
box 32
Tracey Drake Photographs
2004-2005
Scope and Contents
Includes images of spiders, butterflies, plants, trees, classes, events.
box 33-35
General Photographs and Slides
circa 1970s-2000s
Scope and Contents
Includes photographs of wildlife, classes, events, Park Del Amo complex, sump pump, construction, insects, tours, wildflower
field trips, George Canyon Nature Center, Palm Springs Desert Museum, clean-up projects, Ballona Wetlands, Sand Dune park,
Manhattan Beach, marsh walks, Del Amo sump, drain installation, Madrona Marsh day, spider Eagle Project, flowers, science
fair, award ceremonies, canoeing, Catalina Nature Center, nature center construction, annual meeting, Earth Day, frogs, and
other related images. Slides include images of vernal pool, Madrona Marsh, plants, construction, Save Madrona Marsh campaign,
events, insects, classes, birds, flowers, Boy Scouts, building construction, and other images.
box 36
General Photographs, Negatives, Artwork, Postcards
1923, 1949, 1969-1978; circa 1980s; 2006-2017; undated
Scope and Contents
Includes images of plants, Madrona Marsh, butterflies, birds, construction, topographical surveys, artwork of Madrona Marsh,
aerial photographs, and J.F. Landsdowne watercolors. Also included are digital files of Madrona Marsh by Constance M. Vadheim,
Friends of Madrona Marsh board member.
Series IX: Ephemera, Maps, and Promotional Material
1974-2014; undated
Scope and Contents
This series contains brochures, certificates, maps, blueprints, plaques, exhibit labels, and notes regarding Madrona Marsh
and members of the Friends of Madrona Marsh; as well as maps regarding the L.A. Basin, and other material. Oversized material
is located separately in map case 3, drawer 3.
box 24, folder 2
Madrona Marsh brochures
1996; undated
box 24, folder 3
Certificates for enhancement and restoration of Madrona Marsh Nature Preserve
January 1991, January 1994
box 24, folder 4, box 26
Certificates- appreciation, recognition, Spot Awards, Proclamations, "Madrona Marsh Day" resolution
1983, 1993-2014
Scope and Contents
Includes certificates presented to the Friends of the Madrona Marsh; Walt Wright; and others.
box 24, folder 5
Madrona Marsh sticker and pins
undated
box 24, folder 6
Maps- L.A. Basin, Santa Clarita Woodlands Park
1998-2001; undated
box 24, folder 7, case 3, drawer 3, box 26
Maps and Blueprints- Madrona Marsh; planned development Torrance Investment Co.; Torrance, Ca; plans for the construction
of the Natural History Center; Irrigation plans and details; concept plan, Park Del Amo; Aerial for Environmental Fair
1981, 1991, June 1994, September 1995, July 1998, March 2000; undated
Separated Materials
oversized blueprints are located in map case 3, drawer 3.
box 26
Tract No. 1952; Tract No. 10788; Tract No. 2675; Tract No. 10777 (blue prints)
circa 1981
box 24, folder 8
Labels from traveling exhibit board
circa late 1990s
box 25, folder 2
business cards; tour guide name tag
undated
box 25, folder 4-6
Plaques- Angeles Girl Scout Council Community Award; Torrance Area Chamber of Commerce member; California Turtle and Tortoise
Club appreciation
1974, 1995, 1998
box 25, folder 7
VHS tape [untitled]
undated
box 27
Madrona Marsh volunteer shirts; Madrona Marsh hats
undated
Series X: Reference Materials
1975-2009; undated
Scope and Contents
This series contains subject files and reference material and is organized into two sub-series. Sub-series A: Subject File
includes clippings, articles, flyers, pamphlets, reports, newsletters, press releases, and other material regarding cities,
organizations, wetlands, parks, animals, plants, wildlife, and other topics. This includes: Deane Dana Friendship Park, California
Native Plant Society, Audobon Society, Ballona Wetlands, butterflies, birds, entomology, Gardena Willows Wetlands, Ken Malloy
Harbor Regional Park, Palos Verdes, El Dorado Park, Los Cerritos Wetlands, Torrance, and others.Sub-series B: Reports contains
reports regarding the Compton Creek, Los Angeles county beaches, a guide for nature writers, and others.
Sub-Series A: Subject File
1979-2003; undated
Scope and Contents
Sub-series A contains clippings, articles, flyers, pamphlets, press releases, newsletters, and other material regarding cities,
organizations, wetlands, parks, animals, plants, wildlife, and other related topics.
box 18, folder 1
Alaska
1987-1988; 1996; 2000
Scope and Contents
Includes articles about oil well caribou; Alaska meteor
box 18, folder 2
Amphibians and Reptiles
1996; 1998; undated
Scope and Contents
Includes articles, pamphlets, and a manual on tortoises, iguanas, frogs, the Southwestern Herpetologists Society, and others.
box 18, folder 3
Astronomy
1997-1998; undated
Scope and Contents
Includes articles on black holes, gammar rays, Europa (Jupiter's moon).
box 18, folder 4
Aquatic plants; fish
1992; 2003
Scope and Contents
Includes documents on Azolla; Aquatic Plant Control Operations Support Center;types of fish.
box 18, folder 5
Audubon Society
1985-1999
Scope and Contents
Includes a fact sheet about John James Audubon; newsletters of Buena Vista, Palos Verdes, Los Angeles, and Santa Monica bay
audubon societies; "Audobon Activist" (May 1991); "Audubon Advocate" Issue 1.
box 18, folder 6
Ballona Wetlands
1986; 1995; 1998
Scope and Contents
Includes clippings; "Ballona wetland Habitat Management Plan" draft, executive summary, press release.
box 18, folder 7
Bayfront Conservancy Trust
1987-1988
Scope and Contents
Includes Chula Vista Nature Interpretive Center pamphlet and flyers; "Bayfront By-Line" Vol. 1, No.5 newsletter.
box 18, folder 8, box 19, folder 1
Birds
1979; 1988-2000; undated
Scope and Contents
Includes pamphlets, booklets, guides on birding, articles, checklists, clippings, and fact sheets.
box 19, folder 2
Bolsa Chica
1996
Scope and Contents
Includes an issue of the "Turn Tide", Vol. 21, No. 1
box 19, folder 3
Buena Vista
1997
Scope and Contents
Includes pamphlets and flyers for Buena Vista Museum of Natural History
box 19, folder 4
Butterflies
1986-1998; undated
Scope and Contents
Includes clippings, articles, fact sheets, Xerces Society butterfly counts; and other documents.
box 19, folder 5
California Association of Nonprofits
1994
Scope and Contents
Includes newsletter, pamphlets
box 19, folder 6
California Department of Fish and Game
1986, 1992
Scope and Contents
Includes pamphlets, wetlands policy, "Abalones of California" (reprint), Bulletin No. 91, and other documents.
box 19, folder 7
California for Parks and Wildlife (CALPAW '94)
1994
box 19, folder 8
California Native Plant Society
1988-1999
Scope and Contents
Includes flyers, pamphlets, publications catalog, bulletins, newsletters, issues of "Fremontia"
box 19, folder 9
Casper's Wilderness Park
undated
Scope and Contents
Includes flyers; pamphlets
box 19, folder 10
Center for Creative Leadership program
1993
box 19, folder 11
Deane Dana Friendship Park
1995-1997; 2000; undated
Scope and Contents
Includes clippings, pamphlets, flyers
box 19, folder 12
Earth Day
1993, 1999; undated
Scope and Contents
Includes flyers, pamphlets
box 19, folder 13
Earth Skills
1988; undated
Scope and Contents
Includes flyers, pamphlets
box 20, folder 1
Earthquakes, Seismology
1989; 1996
Scope and Contents
Includes articles
box 20, folder 2
Economics
1995-1996, 2000
Scope and Contents
Includes articles and clippings
box 20, folder 3
Ecosystems
1998; undated
Scope and Contents
Includes a book on the rain forest, articles on ponds, and sand dunes
box 20, folder 4
Endangered species
1989, 1993, 1995
Scope and Contents
Includes "Endangered Species Alert Program" manual; "California Endangered Species Resource Guide"; and articles
box 20, folder 5
Education
1989-1996
Scope and Contents
Includes articles
box 20, folder 6
Energy
1988, 1994, 1998
Scope and Contents
Includes "Environmental Education Compendium for Energy Resources", U.S. and California Department of Energy material
box 20, folder 7
Entomology
1988, 1989, 1995, 1997
Scope and Contents
Includes pamphlets, flyers, clippings, and articles
box 20, folder 8
Environment
1988, 1990, 1993, 1997
Scope and Contents
Includes articles, flyers
box 20, folder 9
Fourth California Islands Symposium
1994
Scope and Contents
Includes program, notes
box 20, folder 10
Fossils
1989, 1997
Scope and Contents
Includes articles, clippings, fact sheets
box 20, folder 11
City of Gardena, California
1994, 1998, 2000
Scope and Contents
Includes clippings, articles, meeting minutes, Willows Wetlands Jurisdictional Delineation, and other material mostly related
to Gardena Willows Wetlands
box 20, folder 12
Geology
1995, 1996
Scope and Contents
Includes clippings, photographs, list of minerals, and other documents
box 20, folder 13
Grants
1993-1994
Scope and Contents
Includes articles, guides, and other material related to obtaining grants and fundraising
box 20, folder 14
Health and Medicine
1997, 1998
Scope and Contents
Includes articles and clippings on bone marrow donors, antibiotics, and other topics.
box 20, folder 15
Henrietta Basin Marsh
1992
Scope and Contents
Includes clippings, photographs, and report "The Ecology, Preservation, and Use of Henrietta Basin Marsh, Torrance, California"
box 20, folder 16
Huntington Beach
undated
Scope and Contents
Includes pamphlet for Huntington Central Park
box 20, folder 17
Kent Publishing
1985
Scope and Contents
Includes program for "Introduction to Business"
box 20, folder 18
Los Angeles County
1995-1996; undated
Scope and Contents
Includes draft master plan for Ken Malloy Harbor Regional Park Improvement Program as well as clippings and memos regarding
Ken Malloy Harbor Regional Park. Also includes County of Los Angeles map, parks and recreation department flyers and pamphlets,
clippings regarding the LA Zoo.
box 20, folder 19
Long Beach, California
1990-2000
Scope and Contents
Includes documents mostly related to El Dorado Park and Los Cerritos Wetlands
box 20, folder 20
Mammals
1989, 1998; undated
Scope and Contents
Includes clippings, articles, and fact sheets on bats, coyotes, mice, opossums, raccoons, and other mammals.
box 20, folder 21
Nature Conservancy
1987, 1994, undated
Scope and Contents
Includes fact sheets, list of birds and animals at Pine Butte Preserve, and other documents
box 20, folder 22
New Orleans
undated
Scope and Contents
Includes maps and brochures
box 20, folder 23
Ocean
1989-2000
Scope and Contents
Includes clippings, fact sheets, and articles mostly on sharks, seals, and whales.
box 20, folder 24
Oil
1981-2003
Scope and Contents
Includes documents regarding Office of Oil Spill Prevention and Response; clippings and articles regarding pipeline, Mobil
Oil, Chevron, and other related documents.
box 20, folder 25
Palos Verdes
1986, 1987, 1995, 1997
Scope and Contents
Includes clippings, pamphlets, fact sheets, documents regarding Palos Verdes Peninsula Land Conservancy
box 20, folder 26
Placentia Canyon Nature Center
1983, 1989
Scope and Contents
Includes brochures, flyers
box 20, folder 27
Plants
1982-2002
Scope and Contents
Includes lists of rare and threatened plants, clippings, articles, fact sheets, and other documents regarding plants, flowers,
and trees
box 20, folder 28
Playa Vista
1998; undated
Scope and Contents
Includes clippings
box 20, folder 29
Politics
1990, 1996, 1997
Scope and Contents
Includes clippings
box 20, folder 30
Recycling
1990-1996
Scope and Contents
Includes clippings, pamphlets, flyers
box 20, folder 31
Redondo Beach
1994-1997; 2000
Scope and Contents
Includes clippings, flyers
box 20, folder 32
San Diego
circa 1990s
Scope and Contents
Includes San Diego Natural History Museum research staff listing and exhibition schedule; guidelines for membership San Diego
Society of Natural History
box 20, folder 33
San Pedro
1995-1996
Scope and Contents
Includes clippings
box 20, folder 34
Santa Monica Mountains
1990, 1995; undated
Scope and Contents
Includes clippings, brochures, flyers
box 20, folder 35
Soil
1921
Scope and Contents
Includes "Reconnoissance Soil Survey of the Central Southern Area, California", US Department of Agriculture
box 20, folder 36
South Bay
1994, 1995; undated
Scope and Contents
Includes fact sheets, maps, notes
box 20, folder 37
Southern California Marine Institute
1997; undated
Scope and Contents
Includes newsletter Issue 2; pamphlets
box 21, folder 1
Theodore Payne Foundation
1987-1988; undated
Scope and Contents
Includes brochures, flyers, pamphlets
box 21, folder 2-4, box 26
Torrance, California
1980-2000; undated
Scope and Contents
Includes copies of "Direction Torrance", "Torrance People", "Recreation Roundabout" clippings, event flyers, brochures, event
programs, and other material.
box 21, folder 5
Torrance Community Advisory Panel/Dow
1994-1995
Scope and Contents
Includes meeting minutes, articles, notes, flyers, pamphlets
box 21, folder 6
TreePeople
1989-1990
Scope and Contents
Includes newsletters, events calendars
box 21, folder 7
United States Fish and Wildlife Service
1991, undated
Scope and Contents
Includes brochures
box 21, folder 8-9
Water
1976, 1987, 1995, 2001
Scope and Contents
Includes "West Basin Municipal Water District" annual report; "The Porter-Cologne Water Control Act", "Torrance Water Supply"
by Ben Haggot, brochures, flyers, leaflets
box 22, folder 1
Weather
1989-1990
Scope and Contents
Includes clippings; rainfall and parcipitation data
box 22, folder 2
Wetlands
1993-1995; 1997; 1998
Scope and Contents
Includes clippings and articles regarding wetlands
box 22, folder 3
William O Douglas Outdoor Classroom (WODOC)
1990-1991; undated
Scope and Contents
Includes class schedule, flyers, brochure
box 22, folder 4
miscellaneous articles
1989-2000; undated
Scope and Contents
Includes articles on atom bomb, microbes, volcanos, the Pope, and other topics
box 22, folder 5
A-C
1993-2000
Scope and Contents
Includes flyers, newsletters and other documents from City of Brea, Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, Cabrillo Marine Aquarium,
and others.
box 22, folder 6
D-L
1989-1998
Scope and Contents
Includes flyers, newsletters and other documents from Fullerton Arboretum, Earth Skills, Livable Places, and others.
box 22, folder 7
M-P
1994-2000
Scope and Contents
Includes flyers, newsletters and other documents from Orange County Natural History Association, Natural History Museum of
Los Angeles, and others.
box 22, folder 8
Q-S
1990-2000
Scope and Contents
Includes flyers, newsletters and other documents from San Diego Natural History Museum, Santa Barbara Botanic Garden, Rancho
Mission Viejo, Santa Clarita Woodlands Park Association, Rails to Trails Conservancy, and others.
box 23, folder 1
T-Z
1989-2000
Scope and Contents
Includes flyers, newsletters and other documents from Youth Science Center, VOICE, Yucca Valley, and others.
Sub-Series B: Reports
1975-2009; undated
Scope and Contents
Sub-Series B contains reports regarding the Compton Creek, Los Angeles county beaches, a guide for nature writers, and others.
box 23, folder 2
"The Last of the Cienagas" by Win Hainbuch
February 1975
box 23, folder 3
"Los Angeles County Beaches Refurbishment Program" prepared for the County of Los Angeles Department of Beaches and Harbors
September 1992
box 23, folder 4
"Interpretation Primer, Thoughts for Interpretive Planning" John Veverka and Associates
circa 1990s
box 23, folder 5
Compton Creek Watershed Management Plan
June 2005
box 23, folder 6
Introduction to Environmental Interpretation (course reader)
Spring 2009
box 23, folder 7
"Making the Right Connections, A Guide for Nature Writers" by James Heintzman
undated